Chapter 14: The Wrath of Chaos
Iacon, Cybertron- Primeverse
Galvatron stood beside Optimus Prime in the medical bay within the fortress of Iacon. His plasma canon had been a quick repair compared to the other repairs that the Medics had to do after the fight with Unicron and his Terracon army. The black and silver Mech looked over at the red, blue and silver Mech who stood beside him. His jetpack was folded up to allow him to not take up to much room in the medical bay as he watched Ratchet, First Aid and Knockout work on getting Mechs and Femmes repaired after their fight with Unicron and his Terracons.
Galvatron looked back at the Mechs and Femmes that were being repaired. He could see Starscream being tended to by Knockout. His former traitorous SIC had been in the air fighting the Terracons. No doubt to keep himself alive. He could see that Ratchet was tending to Arcee. The small blue and pink Femme had taken a beaten during the Battle for Cybertron. She would have dents on his plating for a good few weeks as the parts were brought to Iacon to fix the remaining damage and then to wait for a Femme Medic to see to other damages that Ratchet could not mend. Ratchet was having a conversation with Arcee before he moved over to a large Wrecker that Galvatron had not learned his name. He could also see Hardshell and his Insecticons lifting heavy boxes along with Grimlock and his Dinobots. No doubt the start of the medical supplies that had come from Praxus. First Aid was seeing to a Seeker who had damaged their wing in the fight and Galvatron could only feel sorry for both of them. Seeker wings were so sensitive that it could only take one touch for them to cry out in pain.
"Galvatron?" came Shockwave's emotionless voice from beside him.
The large silver and black Mech looked at the slightly smaller purple Mech that stood beside him. "Shockwave?" he said before looking back at one medical bed in particular where a young Dragonoid was having final checks done before she would be allowed to leave. Her red optics was a lot brighter than the last time he had seen them online Unicron had forced her into stasis lock.
"Unicron is locked up and is ready for interrogation! Preceptor is almost finished in creating a prison for him with the aid of Alpha Trion!" Shockwave spoke as a young Mech walked past him. The young Mech did not even look up at the two Decepticons that had caused so much death and destruction on Cybertron. No doubt he was terrified that the two of them would suddenly start destroying everything again.
Galvatron nodded his helm in understanding that he had heard what Shockwave had told them. He was still watching Nightshade as she jumped off of the medical bed. Her metal claws clicking on the metal floor of the med bay. Her wings had opened up slightly to slow her descend to the ground. Even the new tail fin that she was finding strange to control was being used to help her walk. His red optics met hers and the next thing he knew she was heading towards him. He felt something in his Spark the closer she got. He put it aside as being the curse breaker.
"Optimus is this over?" Elita One asked her Sparkmate when she got beside him. Her rose pink plating was not as bright as it had been before the battle. There was no sign of any damages to her frame from the fight. That was not surprising. Elita One was one of the best Femme warriors of Cybertron that she was nearly classed as an assassin that rival that of Arachnid.
Optimus looked from Galvatron who was watching Nightshade approaching them back to Elita. "I believe so, Elita! Unicron and Megatronus are both contained after a battle that had no loss of life for once!" he replied to her Elita. He watched as she did not seem to relax at all. "If it is not over we will find a way to keep our world safe!" he continued to say to her. She looked back up at him with her bright blue optics. He could see that she wanted to believe him, but she was having a problem with that. This was Unicron they were dealing. He was Chaos in body. They needed to be ready for anything.
The clicking of metal against metal caused them to look over at Nightshade as she stopped before them. Optimus looked over at Galvatron to see a ghost of a smile come on his faceplates. He felt a nudge in his side to see Elita had seen the smile to. A plan was already forming in his CPU. They needed something to boast morale within their ranks.
"Nightshade its good to finally meet you!" Elita said as she brought out her right servo for Nightshade to sake. Nightshade stared at the hand for a second before she brought up her left paw to sake the hand. "You helped Optimus a few times in that fight! That brings up a question, Galvatron what happened to Shadowstalker?" she spoke looking at Galvatron after releasing Nightshade's paw. She did not notice Nightshade wincing at the mention of the personality that Unicron had created when he had tortured her into being his puppet at attacking Galvatron.
Galvatron had noticed Nightshade's wince. He knew what it was like to be used by Unicron and needed to think of a way to protect her as she had done for him in her dimension. "Shadowstalker was destroyed by me and Nightshade who arrived in time by a Space Bridge opened by her AI the Moonray. The Predacon wont be causing us any problems any more!" he lied. He was glad that he was used to lying after being the leader of the Decepticons.
"That's a problem that has been solved!" Elita sighed before looking back at Optimus. "I need to check up on the other Femmes and to make sure Chromia is not going to start a fire fight!" she said to him. With that she was away walking to the other side of the fortress in the centre of Iacon.
Galvatron looked at Nightshade. The things that Unicron had said about her and things to do with the Dragonoids was still going about in his CPU. He wanted to know if Nightshade had a clue as to who Unicron was referring to as Him. He doubted it. Nightshade had told him that she had not spend much time in one place. She was always moving about.
"Galvatron we must see to Unicron!" Shockwave spoke up suddenly forcing Galvatron out of his thoughts to look at the one optic Mech.
He nodded and before he knew it he, Optimus Prime and Nightshade were following Shockwave deeper into Iacon. He and Optimus walked side by side while Nightshade was right behind him. He could hear her metal claws clicking over the thumping of their massive pedes on the ground. The four of them walked in silence as they got deeper into Iacons belly.
After five minutes of walking in silence they came to the cells of the prison of Iacon. To think that this once held POW now it held only two prisoners: Unicron and Megatronus. Galvatron prepared for whatever Unicron was going to say to them. He knew that Unicron was going to try and get him to make a rash decision. He just hoped that Preceptor and Alpha Trion finished their project on locking Unicron up for good. There was no point them locking him up again with the power of the Matrix only for him to return more enraged than the last time.
The two occupants of the prison had been put into cells far apart from each other. Unicron was in a cell with massive chains wrapped around his throat, wrists and ankles. Pure blue Energon was being pumped into his body to weaken the Dark Energon that was pumping through his systems. A face mask had been clamped over his lip components to prevent the Chaos Bringer from speaking. On the other side of the prison was Megatronus. He like Unicron was held in place by massive chains that wrapped around his throat, wrists and ankles. He too had a face mask clamped over his lip components. They were not taken any chances with these two.
Unicron's purple optics narrowed upon seeing both Galvatron and Optimus Prime. He did not even bother to look at Shockwave and Nightshade who were staying close to the two Cybertronian leaders. The face mask hissed before it dropped to the ground at his pedes. "Well Megatron come back to tell me that you are going to give in?" Unicron purred behind the Energon shield that was keeping him in his cell.
"That's not why I am here Unicron! And I have told you many times now my name is Galvatron!" Galvatron sneered back at Unicorn. He would have taken a step forward but Optimus's army blocked his way. His red optics followed the Prime as he took the steps forward to be right in front of the Chaos Bringer.
"Ah the Prime has returned!" Unicron purred as he watched Optimus Prime like a hawk. "Tell me descendent of Primus are you going to us the Matrix that my brother gave to you to trap me once again and forget who you are?" he asked. His purple optics never left the Prime.
Optimus Prime showed no emotion as he faced the most feared Mech in Cybertron history. He knew that every Autobot and Decepticon feared Unicron more than Megatron. That was then followed by Megatronus as he was told to soon return and when he returned Cybertron would be destroyed. Then Megatron followed as the most feared Mech in Cybertron. During the early stages of the war it was said that Megatron eat Sparklings. That was a rumour that was spread to cause more fear through the already terrified population.
"No I am not going to use the Matrix this time! We are only here for information, Unicron!" he spoke as calmly as possible. His blue optics never left the purple plated and purple optic Mech. "We wont to know what is going!" he continued to speak as he studied Unicron. He could feel Galvatron shift behind him. No doubt he did not like being in the same room as Unicron after all that he was made to do under his control.
Unicron snorted. His afterburners revved in amusement at the Primes words. "And you think that I'd tell you what I know! That I know that this is only the beginning. You have no idea what is coming and you have no way to stop it! It was written 3000 years ago on both Earth, Cybertron and Draiger!" he said the last part by looking over at Nightshade who hissed back at him. Unicron smirked back at Optimus Prime. "You have no idea what is coming your way! You have no idea the Chaos that is heading towards you! Very soon a new age will be coming this way and there is nothing that can be done to stop it!" Unicron snarled at them.
"What is this chaos that you are speaking of?" Optimus asked. He had decided to do the speaking in case Galvatron broke down with what Unicron was telling them.
Unicron smirked again at Optimus Prime's words. "I can not tell you anything yet Optimus Prime! Only that He will return very soon and there is nothing that no one can do! You might be able to trap me again but I will get out again! You can not stop the forces of chaos!"
Optimus looked back at Galvatron. He could see that his face plates were twisted into a sneer as he stared at the Chaos Bringer. He then looked back at Unicron just as Preceptor walked into the prison. He was carrying a device that looked very much like what had contained the All Spark for years before it was put back into the Core of Cybertron. It was empty, but that would change in a couple of minutes. "If you're not going to give us the information that you know then we are putting you where you can not cause any more problems!" Optimus spoke with a harsh voice as he looked at the much smaller red and blue Mech. The scientist was staring at Unicron with wide blue optics. "Preceptor!" he boomed with his deep baritone voice.
Preceptor jumped before looking at his leader. His optics were wide when he looked back at the leader of the Autobots. He could not help but look over at Unicron as he handed Optimus the container that was going to keep Unicron's essence. He did not wait long before scurrying off and away from the purple optic Mech and back to his lab. He had done what he was supposed to do. He had given Optimus Prime the container and there was no need for him to remain in the prison.
Unicron smirked as he looked at the container. "How cute! You think you can create prison for me! There is nothing that can hold me back, Descendent of Primus!" Unicron shouted at Optimus. His purple optics narrowed at the Prime who narrowed his own blue optics. The chains that wrapped around his throat, wrists and ankles suddenly dropped to the ground and the Chaos Bringer took a step. That step was enough to cause the wires that were bumping Energon into his systems to drop to the ground. He took a step out of the cell and sneered right at Optimus Prime who had taken a step back along with Galvatron. Nightshade and Shockwave who were a bit further back as well when he had exited the cell. "Like I said there is no prison that can hold me!" he sneered at the Last of the Primes.
"Now I am going to pay a little visit to your human pets on Earth, Prime! I hear that you see one of them as a Prime! I will stain the ground with their blood!" he hissed.
Optimus could only stare after Unicron as he opened up a Space Bridge to Earth. He was about to follow after Unicron when he was punched in the faceplates. Standing in between him and the Space Bridge that was taken Unicron to Earth was Megatronus. The Fallen Prime's red optics were narrowed as he stood before Optimus Prime. "You are not going anywhere, Optimus Prime!" he sneered at the red and blue bearer of the Matrix.
"We need to get past him and get to help the kids!" Optimus boomed towards Galvatron.
Galvatron grunted beside him as he aimed his repaired plasma canon up at Megatronus.
Optimus then received a comm. request. He accepted it and Nightshade's voice came through "Optimus you and Shockwave deal with Megatronus. Me and Galvatron will go to Earth and find your human friends!"
Optimus was silent for a good moment as he stared at Megatronus as he thought over what Nightshade had said. He knew that Megatronus would put up a good fight and as a Prime he would be the only one who could fight the Fallen Prime. Shockwave was just as deadly as Megatron in a battle. He nodded his helm while still looking at Megatronus and that was enough for Nightshade to shove Galvatron into a second Space Bridge that sprang to live. He did not dare look around as he heard Galvatron's heavy pedes stomping into the ground or the scrapping of Nightshade's metal claws as she followed the large silver and black Mech through the second Space Bridge. He had learned quickly of the Artificial Intelligence that worked with Nightshade, the Moonray that can open Space Bridges and Dimensional Vortex- the way that Nightshade and Galvatron got to their dimension.
Megatronus snarled as he too watched Galvatron and Nightshade run through the second Space Bridge that would taken them to Earth. His red optics then looked back at Optimus Prime. "Very smart! Splitting up is very cute!" he snarled at him. He could see in the corner of his optics Shockwave moving slightly. "I would not move if I were you Cyclops!" he snarled at the one optic Mech. He smiled when Shockwave stopped dead in his tracks.
The Fallen Prime looked back Optimus Prime. He continued to smirk as the two Space Bridges snapped closed. "Now Optimus Prime I am sure you are aware of the Code?" Megatronus asked Optimus Prime. His smile got larger as Optimus Prime nodded his helm in understanding. "Good! Now listen carefully Optimus Prime. This is something that Prima had created when he was created by Primus as a way to make a decision! This was before the Primes became soft! This is a fight to death like the good old days!" Megatronus sneered at Optimus Prime.
"I am aware of the ways of the past, Megatronus!" Optimus spoke with a calm voice.
Megatronus Prime smiled once again. "Good, now I get to fight for what should have been given to me!" he purred back at Optimus. He activated his weapon systems before Optimus could say anything to make him change his mind.
Optimus Prime had to take a step back as Megatronus swung his blade at him. The Prime unsheathed his own blade. With a loud clang the two blades crossed paths. Megatronus snarled as he was pushed backwards from the force of the two blades had meet. Optimus Prime showed no emotion as his face mask clamped over his face. His blue optics narrowed as he watched Megatronus recover.
"Megatronus we do not need to do this! You do not need to be a slave for Unicron forever!" he spoke calmly before Megatronus could recover. He wanted to see if he could talk Megatronus out of what he was doing before he had to kill him or he was killed by the Fallen Prime.
The Fallen Prime snorted back at him. His red optics narrowed even further at Optimus Prime. "Unicron is my master! I am nothing but a humble servant to him as he has granted me so much power!" he snorted back at Optimus Prime.
Optimus sighed air through his vents before he brought his sword above his helm. With practised grace he began to duel against Megatronus. He kept moving. He did not allow Megatronus a chance to find an opening as he swiped at his plating. He could hear Megatronus snarl and hiss in rage. Even his afterburners were revving in rage. Optimus kicked Megatronus in his chest forcing him backwards. He brought his blade above his helm once again and brought it down with great speed. As his sword went down he waited for Megatronus to block the attack but he did not move an inch. His sword broke through his chest plate with his blade. His blade broke through the metal and into his spark.
The leader of the Autobots and the Fallen Prime stared at each other for a quick second. Optimus watched as Megatronus's red optics flickered from red to blue. "Thank you!" he rasped before his chassis went grey.
Optimus looked over at Shockwave. "That was way to easy, Optimus Prime!" the one optic Mech stated as he looked at the grey chassis of Megatronus Prime.
"I agree Shockwave! But that is one of our problems over!" he said not moving his optics from the grey chassis. "Let us hope that Galvatron is having just an easy time on Earth against Unicron!" he said finally looking back at Shockwave. "Come we must get ready to depart for Earth in case Galvatron needs our help!" he said as he walked out of the empty prison.
Shockwave followed after Optimus Prime, as he followed after Optimus he got in touch with a group of Vechicons to come and take Megatronus's greyed chassis away.